Valmiki Ramayana 2.6.7 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 6, Shloka 7

रामाभिषेकपूर्वसज्जा

Preparations for Rama’s Coronation

Devanagari script

तुष्टाव प्रणतश्चैव शिरसा मधुसूदनम्।विमलक्षौमसंवीतो वाचयामास स द्विजान्।।2.6.7।।

Transliteration

tuṣṭāva praṇataś caiva śirasā madhusūdanam |

vimalakṣaumasaṃvīto vācayāmāsa sa dvijān || 2.6.7 ||

Translation

Com a cabeça inclinada, louvou Madhusūdana; vestido de linho-seda imaculado, fez com que os brâmanes recitassem os mantras purificadores.

Word by Word

• tuṣṭāva: praised, extolled
• tuṣṭāva: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √stu (स्तु धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• praṇataḥ: bowed down
• praṇataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + √nam (नम् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘bowed’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• śirasā: with (his) head
• śirasā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• madhusūdanam: Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)
• madhusūdanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक) + sūdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: मधोः सूदनः)

• vimala-kṣauma-saṃvītaḥ: clad in spotless linen/silk
• vimala-kṣauma-saṃvītaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣauma (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃvīta (कृदन्त; √vī/√ve धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषभावः: विमलं क्षौमं येन संवृतः); कृदन्त: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• vācayāmāsa: caused to be recited
• vācayāmāsa: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु) [णिच् causative: vācay-]
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• dvijān: brahmins
• dvijān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

Context

The son of the king (Rama) partook the remainder of the havis seeking his own welfare. With a restrained mind and a vow of silence, he meditated upon Lord Narayana and slept along with Vaidehi on a wellspread bed of kusha grass in the auspicious temple of lord Visnu.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)
• dvija (brahmins)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma is humility before the divine and respect for sacred learning—honoring Viṣṇu and the brahmins’ ritual recitation.

What is the narrative situation?

Rāma, preparing for the royal rite, performs worship and arranges for mantras of purification to be recited.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Humility and reverence—his kingship is framed as service under divine and dharmic order.